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On 14th September 2024, during the Hindi Diwas Celebrations and All India Official Language Conference organized on the occasion of Hindi Diwas at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, the Secretary, Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Mr. V. Srinivas ji was awarded the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar by the Hon’ble Home Minister and Cooperation Minister, Shri Amit Shah.
This award has been given for the best performance in Official Language Hindi, to the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, in the category of Ministries / Departments with less than 300 personnel, by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs for the year 2023-24.
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances is committed to the effective implementation of the Official Language Policy of the Union and as a result of these efforts, the use of the Official Language in the Department is steadily increasing. The Department monitors the proper implementation of the Official Language Policy of the Union in its sections and its attached offices/autonomous bodies. The Department is also responsible for translating from English to Hindi various materials received from various sections of the Department, such as General Orders, Rules, Standard Forms, Notifications, Resolution, Cabinet Notes, D.O. Letters issued by senior officers, administrative and other reports specified in Section 3(3) of the Official Languages ??Act, 1963 and Press Releases, etc. During the year 2023-24, the Department has made several efforts and achieved milestones to promote the widespread use of Official Language Hindi.
Hindi Advisory Committee :
There is a joint Hindi Advisory Committee of
DARPG, DoPT and
DoP&PW to monitor the implementation of Official Language Policy in the Ministry. Its meetings are being held in a timely manner under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister of State for Personnel.
Official Language Implementation Committee :
Official Language Implementation Committee has been constituted in the Department under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. Head of the attached office of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and officers of the level of Under Secretary and above in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances are its members. Meetings of the Committee were successfully held every quarter in the Department.
In the meeting, the implementation of the Official Language Policy of the Union in respect of the Department and its attached offices/autonomous bodies was duly reviewed and various measures for promoting the use of Hindi were considered..
Source :
PIB
